FPL Gameweek 1: Injuries & News Update
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The call — GW1 flag list. Six names. Two out, four doubtful. The facts first. Ekitiké (LIV, £7.5m) has an Achilles injury with no return date. FPL logged it on 23 July. Kroupi Jr (BOU, £7.5m) has a foot injury, also with no return date, logged 29 July. Neither will play in Gameweek 1. Ownership is small — Ekitiké sits in almost no…
The doubtful group is a 75% band across the board.
Yates (NFO, £4.5m) carries an unspecified injury, logged 17 August at 20:30 — the newest entry on the list. Fewer than 1 in 10 own him. At 75% he is more likely to feature than not, but "unspecified" is the word the flag carries. If he is in your starting eleven, bench him where a certain starter exists.
Matheus N. (MCI, £6.0m) has a knock, logged 16 August. Hardly anyone owns him. Same rule applies: 75% is a probable, not a confirmed starter. Bench cover required.
Mukiele (SUN, £5.5m) — knock, 75%, logged 9 August. The date matters. That flag is over a week old and has not been upgraded or downgraded. Owned by hardly anyone. Treat as the flag states: doubtful.
Šeško (MUN, £7.0m) — shin injury, 75%, logged 23 July. That is the oldest doubtful on the list and it has not moved either way in almost a month. Fewer than 1 in 10 own him. He is not ruled out. He is not confirmed. The flag says 75% and that is the position.
The calls, as the facts force them:
- Sell: Ekitiké and Kroupi Jr. Injured, no return date, zero chance of points in GW1.
- Bench: Yates, Matheus N., Mukiele. Doubtful players sit when a fit alternative exists. Do not spend a transfer on any of them — a 75% flag is not a sell signal.
- Hold: Šeško. The flag is old, the percentage has not dropped, the price is £7.0m. Hold, bench if your squad allows, and act only when the flag changes.
Flagged players sit. Injured players go. That is the week.